The Great Deception

On many occasions when I am invited to preach, and at some of my regular Bible study groups, I ask the assembled this question; how many people here believe Jesus? Then I ask them for a show of hands. Invariably everyone raises their hand.

I am finishing a book entitled, “What If Jesus was telling the truth?”. I was speaking to another author about the book and he told me that the title is stupid. He said that every Christian believes Jesus. “Really, I asked?” “Of course they do”, he replied. “Do you believe Jesus”? I asked. “Yes of course I do he responded”. ” Are you sure that you believe everything that Jesus said” I asked. “Well, I don’t know everything that Jesus said”, he qualified. “Well, that is certainly the truth. John wrote that if all that Jesus said and did had been reported, there would not be enough books in all the libraries in the world to contain them”, I replied. ” Would you believe everything that Jesus said if you knew all that he said”? I asked. “Of course I would”, he replied. Then I began to share some of the simplest of Jesus’ teachings with the man, when I asked him if he believed them, he wanted to argue about whether Jesus said or meant them.